Collymore was on Talksport about an hour ago. Big friend of Jack so he said.
HIs take is that "At Villa, Jack was a free flowing left sided midfielder who would collect the ball on the half way line, beat one or two men, get into the box and either pull back shoot and score or pass to gain an assist in a goal. Then at City Pep turned him into a player who was great receiving and retaining possession and his end product was not the same."
I was cringing listening to this, I wanted to ring in to say that even I can see that Jack played in a poor Villa side who played on the break or in open end to end games. But City always come up against teams playing with a low block. At City Jack is faced with 2-3 defenders on the edge of the area for most games and a crowded box. His job is to retain possession and bring defenders to his side to release space. This is what he did against Bosnia to create the TAA goal.
However, Southsafe cannot see his worth and talent, and the English pundits such as Collymore and the other Talksport presenters are currently high on hype of Mainoo, Bellingham, Rice and Wharton!